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By Valerie Osier | [email protected] | Daily Breeze PUBLISHED: April 17, 2018 at 4:10 pm | UPDATED: April 17, 2018 at 4:13 pm They mostly just bleat and eat all day, but these goats are a key part of wildfire prevention in Rancho Palos Verdes. Starting this week until mid-July, the city is conducting brush control using goats in and around the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. The method — letting goats graze on the vegetation — is considered a more environmentally friendly and efficient way to suppress wildfires. Fire Grazers, Inc., a Mariposa, California-based goat shepherding business, brings the goats back every year to munch away the brush. The city of Rancho Palos Verdes Public Works Department is conducting a citywide brush control project using goats in and around the Nature Preserve. This herd of 200 female and baby goats cleared this area in less than a day and now they’re waiting for the next much larger job near Point Vicente. Rancho Palos Verdes, … [Read more...] about Pre-fire season means it’s time for goats in Rancho Palos Verdes

By Nathaniel Percy | [email protected] | Daily BreezeApril 17, 2018 at 10:32 am Four adult males were arrested on suspicion of mail theft and illegal drug possession in Palos Verdes Estates early Tuesday morning, police said. Just before 3:30 a.m., an officer performed a traffic stop in the 200 block of Palos Verdes Drive West. When the officer searched the vehicle, he found numerous pieces of stolen mail from Rancho Palos Verdes and Palos Verdes Estates, said Sgt. Steve Barber of Palos Verdes Estates police. Sign up for our breaking news email newsletter: When major local news happens, you will be the first to know. Subscribe here. The officer also found drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, he said. Police said there were more than 40 pieces of stolen mail. The four men, all from Los Angeles, were taken into custody. No further information on the suspects was immediately available. … [Read more...] about 4 LA men arrested in Palos Verdes Estates for mail theft, drug possession

If numbers are any indication, Orem residents will be voting on a zone change that, if approved, would give PEG Developments and Woodbury Corp. the green light to build Palos Verdes apartments — a multi-building complex for students at the doorstep of Utah Valley University.For the past month and a half, a group of residents have been knocking on doors, setting up display tables and inviting Orem’s registered voters to sign a petition seeking to have a referendum on the Nov. 5, 2019, ballot on the issue.On Friday, the Utah County Elections Office had received 9,200 signatures, according to Bryan Thompson, the county clerk. The county now has 30 days to validate each signature to make sure the residents petitioning garnered the needed 6,741 valid signatures.Mark Tippetts, one of the signature petitioners, noted that the one thing that appeared to be an issue with city residents wasn’t the Palos Verdes development in particular but high-density living … [Read more...] about Orem’s Palos Verdes petitioners garners 9,200 signatures

Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Palo Verde nuclear plant could close if renewable-energy measure passes, APS says APS says the country's largest nuclear plant and overall power producer is threatened by a clean-energy initiative. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 13 Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Subscribe Today Log In Subscribed, but don't have a login? Register your digital access. Ryan Randazzo, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 6:05 a.m. MT April 12, 2018 CLOSE Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station could be forced to close if a renewable-energy ballot measure passes, the plant's owners said. CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN 13 COMMENT EMAIL … [Read more...] about Palo Verde nuclear plant could close if renewable-energy measure passes, APS says